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Show APPENDIX TO 1' ART II. " seven months ; and were o bl.t gc d to cat their hor~cs on tl.cit· rc'' turn." The Osage 1. .. u· sc large <juantities of corn, J\GRICULTUHE- with the greatest eCOllO· · ~· hich they manage beans and pt1tnptu. s, ' ' ,. . All the Agricultu· my, in order to 11H1 k e n· 1a s l from year to yc.\1. ral labor is done by women. tl . kt· t CX}ll'dient to establish , . If the p·ovcrnment un l• ACTO HI 1•.6- :-:. '}) cqtt't (ll.St'lllt from both, 1 1 J'ttlc v1 ages, - · • facto I k'5 rot· the gram ,me 1 l .l )' ttle vi I hgcs. I he othcl' ld Cl' for the gratH anc t '. which wou answ A k· .. ne·u· the entrance of the ostahli..,hm nt should be on the ,. ,ms,~w'. ' ) 1' • tl e Arbnsaw Verdi p;rise ll. rer, ( as state<1 by Lt . \V1lkmson ot 1 ' ' Osa~c. . f Indians who reside on P. . at·e a numerous nation o ' . The ,\\\ necs 1' • led 1.1\to three distmct na· the . 1 K· · th <' )' arc <•1' H \'lV<' l'S Platte <.llH ,ms, . . ·mners h•nguagc, tion<>, 1wo of tllom bl'in ~ now itt wal'; but thcu ml' . o' [ adv·mcc· customs, and improvements, are J. tt the s·•\ me c egt cc ' ' mcnt. J> ·11· e and the Paw· 0 1 I . J>J .. tte reside the gn111d awnce VI 3g ' bl' ntH! ~·' .. ' · p . Hepu 1· nee l oups o n Ol'•c ofits branches, with whom the awncc enns arc at war. I . nearer to the Jan· Their hln ~>·tta!"'e is guttm al, ancl approac les_ . ' · II ·l'lnl " -' 1 1 , · h g urc ta , s ' fl'U.IP'C of the Sioux, than the ( Jsage, till( : 1elt . . : . . but av nd ~l .i< ·h check bones, clet•l'I y . I' tc tltctrAswucot tl;m, JIH lea • . . I r ·.' on the their c~m l.P "l'al.l on soul1, , nne 1 t 1I C e nse with whtch t 1Ic y ncl "ICY of , , I , sc of a c cgcne ' buff:• lo plains, have prohahl) been t te cau .. their lllOI'e m~mncrs, for they arc nel. l I •. so brave nor honest, as 1<:1 ' • • the Osage, . 'J l ,· . Y0Vei'I)J1lClll lS the same ciS . nort hem n e1ghbors. H 11 g . . 1 • • 1 of cl11cf· an hereditary aristocracy ; tile: l·a t 1t cr . 1H IIH1 1 11 g Ins• uI'~ .n 'tt ·Yd not with· tain down to h1. s son; buL t I l<.:.l l. J>O\V Cl' IS extreme. ly 11111 c ) . 1 :t ancltn· ··t·ltHiinrr the lon!r I.d .e they have' to cs·t ·' 1b li.._,.h thCII' aut tOll y ' 1 · the great , • ;:, ~ 1 · unse l1l J1 tcnce. They merely recommend: <•nc give co assemblage of the nation. 1 .. · ternalJ>O· They arc not so cleanly, nel. l It c t· <l 0 tl1 e•}. cany t 1C11 m . 11 . ll'C it {. 1 b 1ds of the Vl .Ill , licy so far as the (huge ; but ot\1 o t te oul f tly seen a)).p carccl to me, that they cxccccl ecl t Il Cln .' as I h.a ve rc1q uelins tlersc" two younn· sold.w rs come out to my c·<\ mp ' and 1nstant Y c • 155 em· hundrccl "p' erson<;, (by the su·okcs o f 1o ng w h.t ps) who were • bled there to trade " ith my men. 1 Osage rais In point or cultivation, th..:y arc uhout equal to l.tC }'. k''uin ~ lng a su!Ttciency of corn ancl pumpk 'm s, to a fto rd '' l little t HC ~.; to their soup du1 ing the \'eat . APPENDIX TO PART If. l .J Their pumpkin they cut into thin slice~, and dry it in the sun, which reduces it to a small size, and not more than a tenth of its original weight. With respect to raising hot·ses, the Pawnees are fat· superiot· to the 0'5agc, having vast quantities of excellent horses which they arc daily increasing, by theit· attention to their breeding mat·es, which they never make uic of; and in addition, frequently pmchasc from the Spaniards. Their houses are a perfect circle, (except where the door enters) from whence there is a projection of about 15 feet; the whole being constructed after the following manner, viz: 1st. thet·c is an excavation of a circular form, made in the ground, of about 4 feet deep and 60 diameter, where there is a row of posts about 5 feet high, with crotches at the top, set fit·mly in all round, and horizontal poles from one to the other. There is then a row of posts, forming a circle of about 10 feet width in the diamet~r· of the others, and 10 feet in height; the crotches of those ar·e so directed, that horizontal poles are also laid from one to tl'le other; long poles at·c then laid slanting, perpendicularly fr·om the lower poles ovet· the upper, and meeting nearly at the top, leaving only a small aperture for the smoke of the fire to pass out, which is mado on the ground in the middle of the lodge. There is then a number· of small poles put up round the cit·clc, so as to fot·m the wall, and wicker wot·k ran tht·ough the whole. The roof is then thatched with grass, and earth thi'Own up against the wall until a :)ank is made to the eves of the thatch ; and that is also covered with earth one ot· two feet thick, and rendered so tig-ht, as entirely to exclude any ~torm whatsoever, and make them extremely war·m. The cnu·ance is about 6 feet wide, with walls on each ~iclc, and t•oofed like out· houses in shape, but of the same materials as the main building. Inside thet·c are numet·ous little apartments constructed of wicket· work against the Wall with smaJJ doors; they have a gt'C<H appeat·ance of neatness and in them the members of the family sleep and have their li ttle deposits. Their towus arc by no means so much crowded as th~ Os<1ge, giving much more space, but they have the same mode of introducing all their horses into the villag-e at night, which makes it extremely crowded. They keep g-uards with the hor·ses dul'ing the day. They are extt·emely addicted to g~ming, and have for· tbat purpose a smooth piece of ground cleared out on each side of the village for about ISO yards in leng-th, at which they play the fol· lowing games, viz: one is played by two players at u time, and in the following mannrr: Thr.y have a la1·ge hoop of abou.t four feet I I |
